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| Birthday June 08, 0570 Mohammed, prophet of Islam |
| Birthday June 08, 1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, discovered 4 satellites of Saturn |
| Birthday June 08, 1810 Robert Schumann, in Germany composer |
| Birthday June 08, 1829 Sir John Everett Millais, English painter |
| Birthday June 08, 1847 Ida Sazton McKinley, first lady |
| Birthday June 08, 1867 Frank Lloyd Wright, master builder in Richland Center, Wisc |
| Birthday June 08, 1916 Francis Crick, codiscoverer of the structure of DNA (Nobel 1962) |
| Birthday June 08, 1917 Byron R. (Whizzer) White, football star, U.S. Supreme Court justice |
| Birthday June 08, 1918 Robert Preston, Actor |
| Birthday June 08, 1921 Alexis Smith, Actress BC Canada |
| Birthday June 08, 1929 Jerry Stiller, comedian |
| Birthday June 08, 1930 Dana Wynter, in London |
| Birthday June 08, 1933 Joan Rivers, comedian |
| Birthday June 08, 1934 Millicent Martin |
| Birthday June 08, 1939 Herb Adderley, NFL defensive back (Green Bay, Dallas) |
| Birthday June 08, 1940 Nancy Sinatra, in Jersey City er boots were made for walkin' |
| Birthday June 08, 1944 Boz Scaggs, rocker |
| Birthday June 08, 1955 Griffin Dunne |
| History June 08, 0632 Prophet Mohammed died |
| History June 08, 0632 Founder of Islam dies |
| History June 08, 1776 Patriots retreat from Battle of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec |
| History June 08, 1783 Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption |
| History June 08, 1786 1st commercially-made ice cream sold in NY |
| History June 08, 1861 Tennessee secedes from Union |
| History June 08, 1862 Confederates score victory at the Battle of Cross Keys |
| History June 08, 1869 Ives McGaffey patents his vacuum cleaner (It sucks) |
| History June 08, 1874 Apache Chief Cochise dies |
| History June 08, 1889 Cable Cars begin service in LA |
| History June 08, 1896 Cleveland asks for inquiry into number of aliens in federal employment |
| History June 08, 1913 Forensic evidence captures a murderous father |
| History June 08, 1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as Sec of State |
| History June 08, 1917 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School |
| History June 08, 1917 British War Cabinet holds emergency meeting in London |
| History June 08, 1918 Nova Aquila - brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604 - discovered |
| History June 08, 1927 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 HRs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11 |
| History June 08, 1940 Element 93 Neptunium - discovery announced |
| History June 08, 1941 Allies invade Syria and Lebanon |
| History June 08, 1944 As British and American troops meet up at Normandy, Stalin rejoices |
| History June 08, 1945 Truman issues order regarding release of classified scientific information |
| History June 08, 1948 First Porsche completed |
| History June 08, 1949 FBI report names Hollywood figures as communists |
| History June 08, 1953 Segregated lunch counters in D C forbidden by Supreme Court. Also Tornadoes kills 110 in Mich & Ohio |
| History June 08, 1959 1st official `missile mail' landed Jacksonville Fla |
| History June 08, 1965 U.S. forces are available for ground support |
| History June 08, 1966 NFL and AFL announce merger |
| History June 08, 1966 NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC & AFC in 1970 |
| History June 08, 1967 Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean - killing 34 |
| History June 08, 1967 Israel attacks USS Liberty |
| History June 08, 1968 Robert Kennedy buried |
| History June 08, 1968 Don Drysdale pitches a record 68th consecutive scoreless inning |
| History June 08, 1969 Nixon and Thieu meet at Midway |
| History June 08, 1969 Mickey Mantle Day 60 -096 saw #7 retired |
| History June 08, 1969 Brian Jones leaves the Stones |
| History June 08, 1975 Soviets launch Venera 9 to Venus |
| History June 08, 1979 The Source - 1st computer public information service - goes online |
| History June 08, 1982 Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament |
| History June 08, 1984 Ghostbusters released |
| History June 08, 1986 Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria. Also Boston Celtics win NBA championship #16 over Houston Rockets |
| History June 08, 1986 Waldheim elected Austrian president |
| History June 08, 1990 As Nasty As They Wanna Be causes store owner's arrest |
| History June 08, 1999 Hannibal by Thomas Harris hits bookstores |
| History June 08, 2001 Tropical Storm Allison wreaks havoc |
| History June 08, 2004 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs |